Molly Cantwell: Women are just as sexual as men, our Gen Z superstars aren't afraid to show it

Pop lyrics aren’t PG anymore — in 2024 artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX normalised what was once such a taboo topic. Molly Cantwell thinks that's a good thing.

US singer and actress Olivia Rodrigo (L) and US singer Chappell Roan in Los Angeles. Picture: ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty

Singing about sex – sure, I could never. 

Up until recently, I wouldn’t have been alone in that thought. The good auld Irish Catholic guilt in me would never have thought it would become a norm in every day media.